ipynb could be made more user-friendly, if new buttons are added to the
tool bar,
e.g. to add an youtube link, the button prompts for url or the code, then
auto insert a cell:
from IPython.display import YouTubeVideo
YouTubeVideo('MTx6ha6fRwo')
ipynb has huge potential, but it is still at early stage
Thanks,
W
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Emmanuelle Gouillart <
emmanuelle.gouillart@nsup.org> wrote:
>> Hi Matt,
>> thank you for your answer. The article on software carpentry is very
> interesting and I should definitely ask for more details on the Software
> Carpentry mailing-list.
>> In fact, I have no doubt that I (as the instructor) can use the Ipython
> Notebook in a pleasant and efficient way. The question is whether this is
> the right tool for hundreds of maths and physics teachers, most of whom
> are not very geeky (in France, teachers in the "preparatory classes"
> undergraduate schools are not researchers, they do 100% of teaching). I
> guess I have to take a bet on the evolution of the notebook ;-)...
>> Cheers,
> Emmanuelle
>> On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 08:05:15PM -0500, Matt wrote:
> > Hi Emmanuelle,
> > You may find it useful to get in touch with Software Carpentry
> > ([1]http://software-carpentry.org). We've started using the IPython
> > Notebook extensively in our scientific Python instruction and
> consider it
> > more or less the best tool for the job:
> > [2]
>http://software-carpentry.org/2012/10/transitioning-to-the-ipython-notebook/> .
> > You can send inquiries to [3]info@software-carpentry.org, we've even
> got
> > some members in France.
> > Best,
> > Matt
> > On Dec 5, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Emmanuelle Gouillart
> > <[4]emmanuelle.gouillart@nsup.org> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> > from next year on in France, Python will be taught as the
> first
> > programming language for scientific computing in an important
> fraction
> > of
> > French undergraduate schools (the scientific "preparatory classes"
> in
> > the
> > French educational system). I'm trying to set up a course on
> scientific
> > Python for the future French professors that will teach Scientific
> > Python, and I'm wondering whether I should promote the use of the
> > Ipython
> > notebook as the main educational tool for classes, or whether I
> should
> > stick to more traditional tools.
>> > My main concern is about stability. As I see it, a professor
> > could have a set of different notebook files corresponding to the
> > different sessions, and encourage the students to do the same.
> However,
> > when I have tried to open existing .ipynb files, I've run across an
> > incompatibility between ipython 0.12 and notebooks in version 3
> format
> > (error message "Unreadable JSON notebook"). I have not tried whether
> > backward compatibility works, ie whether ipython 0.13 can read
> version 2
> > format. Is it planned that the notebook format will still change a
> lot
> > or
> > not? Indeed, I do not expect the undergraduate schools to update
> ipython
> > very frequently, and it would be quite a problem if a professor
> cannot
> > grade a student's notebook because it was written on a more recent
> > Ipython... On the other hand, the notebook is really cool and has a
> lot
> > of advantages for teaching, so I really have mixed feelings...
> Stability
> > is paramount for earning the trust of professors, since a fraction
> of
> > them is used to Matlab/Scilab and a bit wary of Python (they will
> have
> > the choice between Scilab and Python, although Python is
> recommended by
> > the French "official program"): I cannot afford to take too many
> risks.
> > What do you think? Any insights on using the notebook for teaching
> are
> > very welcome.
>> > Cheers,
> > Emmanuelle
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>> > Visible links
> > 1. http://software-carpentry.org/> > 2.
>http://software-carpentry.org/2012/10/transitioning-to-the-ipython-notebook/> > 3. mailto:info@software-carpentry.org> > 4. mailto:emmanuelle.gouillart@nsup.org> > 5. mailto:IPython-dev@scipy.org>> > _______________________________________________
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